Hip Continuous Passive Motion Device (The Ohio State University)
Nick Black, Meagan Ita, Beth Schlegel, Andy Turner, Michael Vignos ABSTRACT Patients who have surgery to repair the hip acetabular labrum require post-op continuous passive motion therapy to reduce pain, joint adhesions, and muscle tightness. This therapy is performed by physical therapists (PTs) and caregivers for 12 minutes, twice a day for 2-3 weeks post-op. […]
Hybrid Power Tricycle (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)
Derek Dempsey, Anthony Capone(University of Massachusetts, Lowell) designed an assistive tricycle for a young boy with cerebral palsy to ride.
Walking aid for a person with a scissor gait (MIT Institute Of Design, Pune, India)
Bhairavi Singh (MIT Institute of Design) designed a walking aid for scissor gaits
Calli-glove: Pen holder for people who have spinal cord injury (Seoul National University)
Byungchul Kim, Hayejin Kwon, Mira Shin Abstract After people have spinal cord injury, they cannot control their body easily. Assistive devices are one of the alternatives for clients to do activities of daily living (ADL). However, many users have various complaints about assistive devices to use in ADL because of appearance, weight, portability, and usability. [1] […]
SMART Belt: A Low-cost Seizure Detection Device (Rice University)
Ethan Leng, Mihir Mongia, Charles Park, Tiffany Varughese, and Andrew Wu (Rice University) designed a low-cost, multi-sensor device for detection of epileptic seizures.
Walter – A Wheelchair with an Alternating Center of Gravity Designed for Developing Countries (Chalmers University of Technology)
This project was initiated to develop an adult active manual wheelchair compatible with the social, physical and economic conditions that currently characterize the situation in the growing semi-urban environments in developing countries. The new wheelchair design should promote an increase of independency and ultimately social integration of wheelchair riders in this context.
iDEA – iPad Dexterity Enhancement Apparatus (Loyola Marymount University)
Our client, Abbie, is a 5-year-old kindergarten student who, as a result of CP, struggles with the fine motor movement required to use her iPad for communication. Our project’s goal is to provide Abbie with the fundamental support and control needed to operate an iPad more effectively.
Dementia Organisation Care (Coventry University)
During this project we aim to create a product, which will aid the patients with dementia by helping them to organise items essential for day-to-day life. The benefit we hope they will gain from this is the elimination of distress caused from confusion in term making the lives of the caregiver and receiver easier.
Snapcut to Assist People Who Have Lost the Function of One of their Hands (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Olivia Davis ABSTRACT Sometimes we take advantage of the ease and accessibility that comes with having two arms and two hands. We tend to design with the assumption that our users have complete function as well, but what would our projects look like if we were to take a step to the side and form […]
Flex Array (Louisiana Tech University)
Stratton Haywood, Sanjog KC, Keshab Sapkota, and Daniel Bankard designed a proportional head array drive control for people who have quadriplegia.